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[destinedwaters]

CHARACTER NAME: Aqua
CHARACTER SERIES: Kingdom Hearts

[OOC]
Backtagging: Yes.
Threadhopping: Yes, unless otherwise specified.
Fourthwalling: Only within a certain limit; please ask me ahead of time either on AIM or my plurk at twilitfall

[IC]
Hugging this character: You can try, but years in darkness does a lot to a person. Namely... it's hard for her to let someone close unless there is warning. Call it survival instinct. Though if she trusts you, she won't mind it.
Kissing this character: See above.
Flirting with this character: Do it and make her flail, I dare you.
Fighting with this character: Bring it.
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): Minor injuries are fine, though if severe injuries are more your thing, I'd like to go over this more.
Killing this character: No.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Go right ahead, though I'd like a little warning.

Warnings: Mess with her babies and you will get your ass kicked. (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
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If you have any questions about the following, I'll be happy to help in any way I can. All you need to do is ask.

Heart Sensing: As a Keyblade Master, Aqua has the ability to sense the light and darkness within an individual's Heart as well as see it as an aura. This is a trait shared with her Master and her friend, Terra. The methods may be different, but she can still sense power that is shared between others. This means that you can have her not realize what the extent of their "Darkness" is. This leads to a three-part question:

a. Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart?
b. If so, can she sense malevolence within it?
c. On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall?
d. If not, is there something blocking this ability? (Be warned that she'll be incredibly wary of your character if this is the case.)

What is "Darkness"?

In Kingdom Hearts canon, Darkness is a force parallel to the Light and also used in the form of attacks and magic. Toying with Darkness is like playing with fire─if not careful, the wielder can be lost to it and become a Heartless. Normally used by the villains and believed to be pure malevolence, it isn't completely evil and is often misunderstood as such. Several friendly characters use it, including Riku and Terra. It often ties into the negativity within hearts, such as fear, anger, obsession with power, ignorance, and vengeance.

And for convenience's sake:

<b>Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart?</b> <b> If so, can she sense malevolence within it?</b> <b> On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall?</b> <b> If not, is there something blocking this ability?</b>

Spoilers: Even Nobodies have Hearts. The "no heart" thang is a liiiiie.

Comments

[otherness]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Yep.
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? NOPE HE'S PRETTY MAD AT NORTS BUT THAT'S IT and he's actually not even that mad at norts right now.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? Driven snow isn't actually that pure, I mean, it has dirt and tire treads mixed into it. But you can probably figure this one out. having ven's heart helps
If not, is there something blocking this ability? nope

[destinedwaters]

that was both a persona reference and because princess of heart is a zero. or negative thirteen. i haven't decided how terrible i wanted to be yet.

[otherness]

LMFAO OH MY BAD i have not played persona extensively and i felt like being cheeky

♥

[inafadingcrown]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Sure. Galadriel...kind of does this too, actually. She probably could block that if she wanted to, but for just light/darkness, I don't think she'd bother.
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? NOPE. SO MUCH BENEVOLENCE THAT IT'S RIDICULOUS
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? DEFINITELY ON THE LOW END. Maybe 2 or 3? Not pure as the driven snow, but still really, really good. To the point that this is a defining character trait. I will stop capslocking at you now.

[attheclocktower]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Yes. Kind of obligatory :'D
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? There's not much to be found at this point but sure.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? As a mix between Sora and Kairi and herself she's probably a 3-4.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? Nothing really.

[therealrisette]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Absolutely!
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Psh, not a trace. Even Rise's less positive tendencies aren't malevolent...
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? She's not completely pure, but she's not close to darkness either. Maybe 2 or 3?
If not, is there something blocking this ability? Usually, I say her Persona, given its abilities, throws up some telepathic "static", but it's up to you whether Aqua picks up on that. Either way, she can still get a clear enough picture for all of the above.

[lifemelody]

Garnet "Dagger" Til Alexandros XVII - lifemelody
Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Go for it!
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? She has none, being Final Fantay's equivalent to a disney princess and all.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? Disney Princess joke aside, she's not a princess of heart so I'd probably put her at 2-4. Like any human she's got darkness in her! Just you know, it's pretty low.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? Nope.

Though idk if this is relevant since I'm still getting back into KH, but Dagger is a summoner which in her canon means she has eidolons in her (though it's just the one right now). Would Aqua be able to sense their hearts? They were created to be protectors of their planet/crystal- so I think it's pretty safe to assume they are either pretty good of heart or at least balanced?

[bloodyashes]

slides in

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? go for it
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Dark but generally not malevolent - he's just a fucked up kid with a fucked up life, ok
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? proooooooobably sevenish if we're being honest, he's a dickbag and he's done terrible things but there's a nice person in there. Somewhere. Under all the tsun.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? Nope!

[wilder]

Zelos Wilder - wilder
Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Go for it!
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Sure. There's low levels of it in him, mostly out built up from a lifetime of dealing with terrible people and being the maybe!descendant to a genocidal maniac sure doesn't help - but it's definitely not to dangerous levels.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? I might be over thinking this one. If by Light vs Darkness it only means like the goodness vs badness in someone- its roughly about 3-4 (maybe 5?). Zelos has some darker traits, a serious douche streak and has done some questionable stuff- but at the end of the day he's definitely a good person with a good heart.

HOWEVER, if light/dark elemental powers influence the heart sensing, it gets a bit weird. Zelos, while originally human, has a special crystal on his body that when the user synchronizes with it, it transforms them into an angel. Angels have a very strong affinity for light as an element (like sometimes insane power levels) regardless of if they are a decent person or not. So yeah idk if that's something to keep in mind or not. Shadow/Darkness element wise he has none though!

If not, is there something blocking this ability? Nothing I know of!

[have_hat_will_travel]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Go for it!
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Pidonus' malevolence is a subtle creek - not violent, not open in nature.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? 14. Seriously While Pidonus isn't mean or ill-meaning towards this world, she's a demon - a bundle of chaos and evil intentions put in a pretty human form. If Aqua uses her senses on Pidonus, the first question that might come to mind is "How can this Heartless even have positive emotions?!"
If not, is there something blocking this ability? That said, Pidonus has a magic ability to convince people of things. If she realizes what Aqua can do, she might use them to convince the girls' senses are fooling themselves relative to her (given permission for that, see her journal).

[knightofcourage]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Yes.
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Not really.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? 5...ish? Elementally he's got something of a dark affinity but by now he's let go of the negativity kind of thing, so I'd estimate him as pretty middle-of-the-line.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? Nope.

[hostage]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Yes
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Yes
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? Wow, talk about complicated. I have no idea, since I don't know KH at all. Jesse's a murderer, a drug dealer, deeply afraid and self-destructive and often cruel and violent when he's on the defensive - but also fiercely loyal and sweet and kind and remorseful and stumbling along a path to redemption. By nature a 2 but by circumstance a 9. Is that a 5? Maybe a 5.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? His weapon, only when activated.

[destinedwaters]

Whoops, sorry! I should make a chart to make this easier. orz but yes, we will use the compass depending on the day.

(gomen for evildar)

[legal_eagle]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Certainly is!
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Aaabsolutely!
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? ...Oh my god this is a really hard question
Sonya has good intentions overall - her ultimate goal in life is really to help people, to right some of the wrongs she sees in a world that's mean and twisted, but she's in the habit of being really nasty and malicious and ruthless in accomplishing that. And she's kind of petty and spiteful on an interpersonal level, just for fun. And she's also got a whole lot of latent anger simmering under the surface at all times, so I'm just...gonna go with a perfect five...?
If not, is there something blocking this ability? NAW.

[debtor]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Yep.
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? There's basically none to be found, at least in Allen's heart.

But Allen is host to another consciousness (/morally ambiguous headmonster) which is almost certainly malevolent, to some extent— though right now, said consciousness is dormant and very difficult to sense. But it is there, so if she's extremely sensitive, she's free to pick up on some trace of it.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? Allen's like, a 2.

[clinical]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Yes!
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Sure!
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? Like.... 5? 6? People call him monstrous a lot, but there isn't that much actual malevolence there. Jade has initiated really unethical experiments, but he has quit and reformed. As a soldier, he has killed lots and lots of people, but that's not as evil as it is simply more blood on his hands. Yet he never really enjoyed it. He's not malicious or spiteful, aside from the harmless trolling he does to his friends. He's just a void seriously lacking in emotions and empathy, but ultimately, that means he works harder than people born with a moral compass do to attempt to follow a good path now.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? I totally put things in the right place, I don't know what you're talking about. But no, nothing blocking! As a side note, Jade can learn both dark and light spells as far as elemental affiliation goes, but he is better with light-based spells.

[inhumanity]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Sure!
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Yes!
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? Um. 8? Christopher is one of the more violent characters in his canon! He kills people on whims and for fun. He isn't sadistic or cruel exactly, but there's a real streak of bloodlust in him, and it doesn't matter if he's killing innocents or not. Malevolence! However, he has stopped doing this and is slowly realizing that he doesn't actually want to kill people now that he has been given a choice about it. He doesn't regret or feel guilt about what he has done, but he doesn't want to do it anymore. Also, while Christopher is one of the most violent characters in the canon, he is also one of the most kind and compassionate. He is very understanding, especially of broken people or people on the edge of breaking. So while he is pretty heartless (no pun intended) morally, compassion is an entirely different axis from morals for him, and he has a lot of that.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? Nothing blocking it!

[vongola_x]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Sure~
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Unless general bitterness towards the greediness and carelessness of some people counts, nope.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? 3. He's had to do illegal, manipulative and not-so-nice things and his purity has suffered as a result of that, but he's still very moral, compassionate, sympathetic and optimistic. It might be leaning a bit towards 4 since he's gone through a heck of a rough time lately.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? Nope )o)

[unmoving_library]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? This is A Thing for all the KH kids now, isn't it? Yes.
If so, can she sense malevolence within it? Yes.
On a scale of 1 - 10, ten being pure darkness and one being pure as the driven snow, where do they fall? 6-7ish.
If not, is there something blocking this ability? Nope.

For two characters

[irrationalprogramming]

Is it alright for Aqua to sense whether your character has more Light or Darkness in their Heart? Kyubey and *Mute are both the same in this sense - they have no heart. *Mute because she's a computer program, and Kyubey because he's a creepy soulless familiar. If that wouldn't stop his sensing powers, though, Kyubey ranks a perfect 5.5 on the dark-o-meter.